diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6c9a15..37f08eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.2.1] - 2026-08-05
+
 ### Added
 
 - `--moe-prestage keepers`: lookahead reads skip experts the miss-shed
@@ -15,11 +17,9 @@ adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 - Ctrl-T during a `chat` or `run` reply closes the model's open thinking
   block early (as if the thinking budget had just run out) so the answer
   starts now.
-- DeepSeek-V4 speculative decoding now accepts llama.cpp dflash draft GGUFs 
+- DeepSeek-V4 speculative decoding now accepts llama.cpp dflash draft GGUFs
   in addition to DwarfStar's.
 
-### Changed
-
 ### Fixed
 
 - Server: two model ids over the same GGUF now share one resident copy when
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0638960..c76facf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "gmlx"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 description = "A local inference platform for Apple Silicon: run, chat with, serve, and fine-tune the GGUF ecosystem's quantized models natively on MLX, straight off the file."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"  # 3.10 EOLs 2026-10; mlx-kquant's lower floor is a library floor